What should be the top priorities for Britainβs new Foreign Secretary?
The Big Ask | No. 39.2025
What should be the top priorities for π¬π§ new Foreign Secretary?
We asked 5 experts in todayβs #BigAsk
βοΈ @samagoodman.bsky.social, @paulmason.bsky.social, Joe Pollard, @james-rogers.bsky.social, Dr Marc De Vore
#BritainsWorld
26.09.2025 12:40 β π 1 π 2 π¬ 0 π 0
Completely agree. Nort sure why this simplistic term has spread so far and wide...
09.09.2025 20:19 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0
What concrete measures should come from the Kensington Treaty?
The Big Ask | No. 30.2025
What concrete measures should come from the Kensington Treaty?
We asked 5 experts in today's #BigAsk
βοΈ Dr Canan Atilgan, @ameliahadfield1.bsky.social, Rob Rider CBE, @james-rogers.bsky.social, @gesineweber.bsky.social
#BritainsWorld
25.07.2025 14:03 β π 3 π 3 π¬ 0 π 1
How should Britain define asymmetric advantage?
The Big Ask | No. 27.2025
How should π¬π§ define asymmetric advantage?
We asked 8 experts in today's #BigAsk
βοΈ Dr Keith Dear, Prof. Carl Hunter OBE, Dr Ksenia Kirkham, Christian Le Miere, @james-rogers.bsky.social, @salisbot.bsky.social, @covertshores.bsky.social and Victoria Vdovychenko
#BritainsWorld
04.07.2025 12:04 β π 3 π 1 π¬ 1 π 2
π¨ Key takeaways from the #NationalSecurityStrategy π¨
Take a look at analysis by @james-rogers.bsky.social and @paulmason.bsky.social from earlier this year on how the #NSS should empower π¬π§ statecraft
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25.06.2025 09:35 β π 1 π 1 π¬ 0 π 0
Russia's worries over a recession show Putin's miscalculation over support for Ukraine has left Russia vulnerable to retaliation from Kyiv's allies says James Rogers co-founder and Director of Research at the Council on Geostrategy.
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West could 'go for the jugular' as Putin's miscalculation leaves Kremlin exposed
Yesterday, I was thrilled to be invited on to @ListenToTimesRadioβs Frontline show with Louis Sykes to discuss the NATO Summit, defence spending, and Russiaβs war against Ukraine... youtu.be/aEQ3YgvW2ys...
24.06.2025 18:45 β π 3 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0
Delighted to be participating in this important event. Poland and the United Kingdom are closely aligned on many different issues. Deepening that relationship will be key to a βNATO Firstβ defence posture...
16.06.2025 15:52 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0
Does the Strategic Defence Review provide the right defence posture for Britain?
The Big Ask | No. 23.2025
Does the #StrategicDefenceReview provide the right defence posture for π¬π§?
We asked a group of experts in today's #BigAsk
βοΈ Robert Clark, Dr Anisa Heritage, Harry Halem, @james-rogers.bsky.social, @salisbot.bsky.social, Prof. James Woudhuysen
#BritainsWorld #SDR
06.06.2025 11:22 β π 4 π 2 π¬ 0 π 1
Very pleased to be in Bucharest at the Black Sea and Balkans Security Forum to discuss British policy towards the Black Sea region! Thanks to the New Strategy Centre for the invitation!
22.05.2025 10:14 β π 3 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0
Building Britain's fighting economy
The Memorandum | No. 18.2025
π βPreventing a wider conflict in Europe means preparing to win one decisively. Winning a conflict is a matter of economics and strategy,β writes @jeevunsandher.bsky.social, MP for Loughborough, in a new #Memorandum
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21.05.2025 14:36 β π 5 π 2 π¬ 0 π 0
What should be the three predominant strategic objectives for Britain in an increasingly volatile era?
The Big Ask | No. 20.2025
We asked 7 experts to weigh in on today's #BigAsk question π
βοΈ @annakbrinkman.bsky.social, Dr John Hemmings, Dr Timothy Less, Baroness Neville-Jones DCMG, Charles Parton OBE, @james-rogers.bsky.social, @salisbot.bsky.social
#BigAsk #BritainsWorld
16.05.2025 12:35 β π 5 π 3 π¬ 1 π 1
Science, not βSir Humphreyβ: Fixing Whitehallβs βtepid bathβ β Council on Geostrategy
Dr Mann Virdee explains problems facing the Civil Service's science and technology capabilities and highlights potential reforms.
π¨ NEW PRIMER π¨
ββIf π¬π§ is to harness the potential of science and technology for national prosperity, significant civil service reforms are needed,β argues @mannvirdee.bsky.social, our Senior Research Fellow
#CaudwellStrongBritain #civilservice #Primer
15.05.2025 11:06 β π 1 π 2 π¬ 0 π 0
Why Britain must expand its nuclear arsenal
Russia is continuously demonstrating its preparedness to cause mass death on the British mainland. Britain needs to better defend itself
Delighted to see our article explaining why Britain should expand its nuclear arsenal, co-authored with @paulmasonnews and @DevoreMarc, published in The @Spectator over the weekend... www.spectator.co.uk/...
12.05.2025 11:15 β π 2 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0
Why Britain must expand its nuclear arsenal
Russia is continuously demonstrating its preparedness to cause mass death on the British mainland. Britain needs to better defend itself
βOnce the SDR comes out, the government should seek immediate cross-party agreement β including from minority parties β for the in-principle development of theatre-level #nuclear weaponsβ
Read @paulmason.bsky.social, Marc De Vore and @james-rogers.bsky.social in The Spectator π
12.05.2025 08:39 β π 0 π 1 π¬ 0 π 0
What competitive strategies could Britain develop to gain asymmetric advantage over adversaries?
The Big Ask | No. 19.2025
What competitive strategies could π¬π§ develop to gain asymmetric advantage over adversaries?
We asked 7 experts in today's #BigAsk
βοΈ Dr Hillary Briffa, Dr Hugo Bromley, Dr Rob Johnson, Dr Ksenia Kirkham, Prof. Andrew Lambert, @james-rogers.bsky.social, @covertshores.bsky.social
#BritainsWorld
09.05.2025 11:29 β π 3 π 3 π¬ 0 π 0
What competitive strategies could Britain develop to gain asymmetric advantage over adversaries?
The Big Ask | No. 19.2025
What competitive strategies can Britain develop to generate asymmeric advantage over rivals? Take a look at our #BigAsk in #BritainsWorld this week! www.britainsworld.or...
09.05.2025 11:15 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0
Should Britain have a foreign policy doctrine?
The Big Ask | No. 18.2025
βAs πΊπΈ redefines its view of international relations and reassesses its alliances, π¬π§ must undertake a fundamental reassessment of its own foreign policy doctrine,β argues @rgwhitman.bsky.social, @kent.ac.uk
#BritainsWorld #BigAsk
02.05.2025 13:18 β π 3 π 1 π¬ 0 π 1
Remarkable stat here - "over 700 pages of national strategy have been drafted over the past 15 years β to which the National Security Strategy will undoubtedly add β far more than during any 15-year period during the Cold War, when Britain faced the might of the Soviet Union".
30.04.2025 12:55 β π 5 π 2 π¬ 0 π 0
Empowering British statecraft: Towards the new National Security Strategy
The Memorandum | No. 16.2025
βοΈ βAny document which pledges a strategic course of action over the next ten years should confront the problem that large numbers of π¬π§ citizens may be unlikely, at first, to agree with it,β write @paulmason.bsky.social and @james-rogers.bsky.social
#Memorandum #BritainsWorld
29.04.2025 12:26 β π 0 π 1 π¬ 0 π 0
Empowering British statecraft: Towards the new National Security Strategy
The Memorandum | No. 16.2025
What should the new National Security Strategy focus on? Here, @paulmason.bsky.social and I put forward some ideas: 1. Prepare for economic warfare; 2. Get ready for intensified discursive statecraft... www.britainsworld.or...
29.04.2025 13:10 β π 0 π 1 π¬ 0 π 1
China could soon gain the lead in submarine technology
Will the undersea status quo shift?
Good opinion piece by @covertshores.bsky.social on the state of affairs in Chinese submarine development.
We're seeing both a significant increase in production and more dynamic R&D. The 2030s are going to be interesting in this regard.
www.thebroadside.org.uk/p/04-2025-ch...
28.04.2025 18:01 β π 17 π 3 π¬ 0 π 0
How should the next National Security Strategy differ from the integrated reviews?
The Big Ask | No. 16.2025
Did you catch the latest Big Ask?
How should the next National Security Strategy differ from the integrated reviews?
βοΈ @evieaspinall.bsky.social, Dr Hillary Briffa, Robert Clark, Dr Michael Clarke, Ruth Harris, @ed-owen.bsky.social, @james-rogers.bsky.social, Peter Watkins
#BritainsWorld
24.04.2025 11:27 β π 2 π 3 π¬ 0 π 0
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International relations and IPE prof at the University of Zurich and Co-Director of the UZH Crisis Competence Center. Research on globalization backlash, IPE, international (non-)cooperation, and IOs.
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Professor of Political Science & Director of the Saltzman Institute of War & Peace Studies, Columbia. New Book: The Insiders' Game: How Elites Make War and Peace https://press.princeton.edu/books/paperback/9780691215808/the-insiders-game
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Asia-Pacific Security Chair, Hudson Institute &
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International Correspondent German weekly DIE ZEIT (@zeit.de), Cold War kid, cyclist.
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Foreign policy nerd, especially interested in European security & transatlantic relations. Head of ECFR Berlin. FirstGen. Soft spot for Claire Underwood.
Retired RAF Air Marshal | Senior Fellow - Policy Exchange | Trustee Imperial War Museum
Senior Fellow at the Scowcroft Center for Strategy and Security at the Atlantic Council of the United States. All views my own. Reposting doesnβt imply endorsement.
Deputy Director, Head of China Dept. at the Centre for Eastern Studies (OSW)
China, Europe, the post-Soviet space. Eurasian connectivity.
Longest-serving & 1st woman #NATO Spokesperson (2010-2023), Distinguished Fellow at the Royal United Services Institute, ex #BBC correspondent
Research Associate for Defence & Military Analysis,
The International Institute for Strategic Studies
